Axle.



PATENTED JUNE 1619031.

E. A. JUDD.

AXLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNI; 2, 1902.'.`

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Patented June 16, 1903.

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ETHAN A. JUDD, OF OLEAN, NEV YORK.

AXLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,30 6, dated June 16, 1903.

Application liled June 2, 1902l To tZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ETHAN ALLEN J UDD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Olean, in the county of Oattaraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Axle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to thi mble-skein axles used on farm and lumber wagons and other vehicles; and its object iste provide a new and improved axle which is simple and durable in construction, exceedingly strong, and arranged to resist the tendency to spring under a heavy load. y

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure' l is a longitudinal sectional elevation ofthe improvement. Fig. 2 is an inverted sectional plan View of one of the skeins and part of the wooden axletree and its reinforcing-bar. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the reinforcing-bar, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a modied form of the improvement.

The improved axle consists, essentially', of a wooden axletree A, having tapering ends A', on which fit metallic skeins B; and in the under side of the said axletree A is fitted a reinforce-bar C, m'ade of metal and preferably in an inverted-T shape, as plainly indicated in Figs. 3 and et. VThe vertical member C of the reinforce-bar C extends beyond the ends of the horizontal member O2, as plainly indicated in the drawings, and the said vertical member O is engaged near its terminals by transverse pins D, extending to the sides of the ends A', so as to securely hold the reinforce-bar O in position on the axletree A. The ends of the horizontal member Czextend a short 'distance beyond the inner ends of the skeins B, and the terminals of the vertical member C extend in the tapering ends A a distance about half-way of the journaled portion of the skeins B, will be readily under- Serial Nu. 109,920. (No model.)

stood by reference to Figs. l and 2. The under surfaces of the axletree A and the horizontal member C2 are flush, and the inner faces of the bottoms of the skeins B are fiat, asV illustrated in Fig. 3, to properly fit the under surfaces of the said axletree A and the horizontal member O2 to prevent the skeins from turning and at the saine time insure a tight fit Abetween the skeins, the ends A', and the reinforce-bar O. Now, by extending the ends of the horizontal member O2 into the skeins B, as described, the axletree is greatly reinforced, as the breaking-point is usually at or near the inner ends of the skeins, and by projecting the ends of the vertical member O into the journaled portion of the skeins the desired strength is given to the tapering ends A. The vertical member, however, may be extended to the terminals of the ends A and formed with reduced bolt portions D' passing through apertures in the terminals, and on the outer ends of the bolt portions screw nuts E to hold the reinforce-bar in position. (See Fig. 5.) This construction is used on heavy wagons, while the fastening device in the shape of the pin D is' employed .on light wagons. l

From the foregoing it is evident that the axle is greatly reinforced by the employment of the reinforcing bar C, made T shape in cross-section and arranged as described relative to the ends A' andthe skeins B.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A thimble-skein axle,com prisingan axletree having tapered ends, having a recess or slot extending longitudinally through a portion of said axletree, a reinforcing-bar substantially T-shaped in cross-section, adapted to be inserted in said slot, the outer face of said bar being substantially in the same plane as the outer under face of the axletree, the upper edges of the vertical member being tapered or beveled, said vertical member also having apertures in the tapered portion thereof nearits extremities, axle thimbles or skeins fitting over the ends of the axletree and extending inward beyond the reinforcing-bar, the pivoted ends of the reinforcing-bar being adapted to bear upon the interior of the axleskein at approximately the central portion IOO under surface, said lat surface being provided With a longitudinally-extending recess, terminating some distance from the reduced end portions of the axletree, a reinforcing-bar substantially T-shaped in cross-section, the vertical member of said reinforcing-bar being relatively longer than the horizontal member thereof, the end of said vertical member being apertured near the end portion thereof, skeinsor thimbles for said treo fitting over the reduced end portions thereof, and bearing upon the ends of the relatively long Vertical member of the reinforcing-bar, and bolts passing transversely through the axle-skein, the axletree, and the apertures in the reinf forcing-bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ETHAN A. JUDD.

Witnesses:

L. W. STOWELL, F. L. GLEAsoN. 

